Show P f 0 1 y AND T RICE 4 SWIMMING enthusiast of which h there happen to be several milij mil mil- ij wants to know more about the i Kiphuth Ie-Kiphuth swimming I and what they have done r tt Also he writes can you give A L the history of the yard swim swim- g record Ive I've been in the navy two years where swimming is a apart apart part of our training and where to swim has already saved of lives Not only every r evy man but every army man who Us ifs on transports must be inter inter- ted in swimming It can easily r- r can ean life or death to us Well Vell Bob Kiphuth has been with ele 28 years Yale has won 32 colY col- col Y ge swimming in ine e last 36 30 years iR the last 27 years if r ale le has won meets los los- Crot g only ly nine one thre e eran if Pf the greatest rec- rec 4 ran in sport football arts no i j or football Seam am has even api ap- ap y i ranched this mark w le d bId it must be ad- ad Grantland Rice that swim swim- vet ling ning is not only one of our great great- t st sports but our most important c comport in war No one can deny this a n when you consider the ast spread of the Pacific ocean Now ow concerning the change in records that have taken place in the last 47 years in the yards free style the greatest test min speed speed here here are the records Worlds World's Yard t Free Style Record r r Seconds 60 60 J. J. J II ff Derbyshire Scotland ISOZ 1942 1902 F. F. F C. C V. V Lane England 58 1 1904 58 Richard Cavill Australia Cecil 1901 1904 Cecil Healy Australia Australla 56 1906 56 1906 56 C. C. C M. M Daniels U. U S. S A. A 1907 C. C. C M. M Daniels U. U S. S A. A C. 1910 C. C M. M Daniels U. U S. S A. A 1915 1915 1915 Doke Kahanamoku U. U S. S AF A. A F F Johnny U. U S. S A. A I r 51 1927 Johnny U. U S S. S A. A 3 Alan Alan Ford Yale U. U S. S A. A TI H Alan Alan Ford Yale U. U S. S A. A I These records show a change of than 10 seconds for the yards ards in these 47 years They show lf-a lf as ra drop from 60 GO seconds to fl which is further proof that about 99 aver cent of modern athletes are better than the old timers It was not until 1906 that the United States carp warming up Before that lez Great Britain ruled the water and the waves But in the last 38 years the he U. U S. S A. A has dominated the theby water by a wide margin with C. C M. M Daniels Duke Kahanamoku J Johnny John John- ny and Alan Ford in innot not front not overlooking other U. U S. S swimmers immers who were close along- along side ide Swimming is not only one of I Our pur greatest but one of our most 1 1 important sports For it is a sport every r every young American should learn Above all is l life sav else it a sav e-sav- t ing matter which few other sports ever are No o 0 Greatest There is always an insistence year after year from the general 1 sporting public that the word 1 greatest should be brought in There is no such word in sport Not even the Greeks had a name for it This has been brought to mind by bythe bythe bythe the number of letters that have come in lately asking us to compare com com- pare the Red Blaik army squad with I the best college teams of the past 1 Several have asked if Army wasn't the greatest college team of all alls s time Once again wed we'd like to repeat repeat- there is no such animal The Army backfield with Blanchard Davis Kenna Minor Hall and Lombardi Lombard was magnificent So was the Army 1 line But we call your attention to the fact that some of those Bernie Bierman Minnesota teams were also terrific terrific also also a few in other years belonging to Jock Sutherland and Pittsburgh Rockne and Notre Dame Howard Jones and Southern California The Notre Leahey-Notre Dame squad of last fall with Bertelli as quarterback was as good as any I In n remember tJ Considering what Army did to such good teams as Navy Notre Dame Duke and Pennsylvania it itis itis itis is quite possible that Army was the most destructive of all football forces It was certainly too de de- destructive destructive for any competition college college college col col- col- col lege had this fall Red Blaik of Army doesn't agree with me in ranking the Notre Dame Dam team of 1943 over the Army 1944 outfit Rip Miller does do So does Ed McKeever who was Leahey's assistant last year year who who turned in such a fine job this season after being being being be be- ing completely outclassed in material materi materi- al by Army and Navy I 1944 Summing Up Giving Army and Navy due and full credit it must still be remembered remembered remembered in justice to other colleges that they had the pick of over 20 fine backs from 12 colleges Few Fow schools had even one man who could make the grade on an Army or Navy team this season Ohio State being the outstanding exception In time of war it was a fine thing to have I f t it Army and Navy T as good as they i 1 were They belonged up front inI in what is known n as a morale way I But they still had the pick f |